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SLANG: Unit 13
1992 to the Present
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Family Medical Leave Act | legislation passed during the Clinton administration that guaranteed up to 12 weeks of unpaid family leave for the birth or adoption of a child or for the illness of a family member. |
| Internet | global communication system that expanded rapidly in the late 1990s. |
| Silicon Valley | nickname of the location of the company that created the first integrated circuit and microprocessor, eventually attracting other computer companies to California. |
| Contract with America | proposed changes by conservative Republicans led by Newt Gingrich while campaigning for the 1994 midterm elections. |
| NAFTA | (North American Free Trade Agreement) agreement that removed most barriers to trade and investment among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. |
| TPP | (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Obama ere agreement to promote free trade among 12 Pacific Rim countries including Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Singapore, Canada and Mexico. Trump withdrew the US from the agreement in 2017. |
| USMCA | (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) ratified in 2020 to replace NAFTA and support mutually beneficial trade leading to freer markets, fairer trade, and economic growth. |
| EU | (European Union) regional trade bloc created to promote economic and political cooperation among many European nations, including the creation of a common bank with a common currency, the euro. |
| Biotechnology | made possible by computer technology, the managing of biological systems to improve human life by the study and manipulation of genes and cells. |
| WTO | (World Trade Organization) organization to promote global economy through international trade agreements. |
| Election of 2000 | contested election between Vice President Al Gore and the son of former President Bush, George W. Bush. |
| Hurricane Katrina | extremely powerful hurricane in 2005 that caused enormous property damage and loss of life primarily in Mississippi and Louisiana. |
| 9/11 | terrorist attacks in the United States in September of 2001, only six months into George W. Bush’s first term. |
| Terrorism | use of violence by nongovernmental groups against civilians to achieve a political goals by instilling fear in people. |
| Osama Bin Laden | Saudi Arabian by birth, he founded Al Qaeda, a radical Muslim organization, in 1988, and is credited with orchestrating the 9/11 attacks. |
| Weapons of Mass Destruction | nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons capable of killing tens of thousands of people at once. |
| Saddam Hussein | leader of Iraq ousted by the U.S. under President Bush in 2003. |
| USA Patriot Act | antiterrorist legislation signed into law in October 2001 that allowed secret searches, general search warrants, wiretaps, etc., in order to track down terrorists in the U.S. |
| Troubled Asset Relief Program | 2008 act that authorized $700 billion to stabilize the US banking and automobile industries. |
| Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) | often called Obamacare, extended CHIP and Medicaid programs, allowed young people to remain on parent’s insurance until the age of 26, eliminated preexisting health condition denials and required health coverage for all individuals. |
| Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, 2009 | gave women who felt they had been treated unfairly on the job a longer time within which to file a sexual discrimination complaint. |
| Benghazi | a city in Libya where Islamic militants attacked a US diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012 |
| Tea Party | a libertarian, conservative movement that began in the US in 2009. |
| Vladimir Putin | Russian political leader and former KGB agent. |
| ISIS | the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a Sunni jihadist group that seeks to establish a strict Islamic state ruled by religious authorities. |
| Kyoto Protocol | a 1997 international agreement that aimed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the presence of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. |
| Pandemic | an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people. |
| COVID-19 | a respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus. 'CO' stands for corona, 'VI' for virus, and 'D' for disease and “19” for 2019. |
| Paris Climate Agreement | an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), adopted by nearly every nation in 2015 to address climate change and its negative impacts. |
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